Chapter 24: Wu Xingshen, Lanling Xiao
Ling Yun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he heard the voiceover.
"Chen Xiong is just a pretense, and the real collaborator is Wu Xing Shen's family?"
The Shen family in the world is out of Wuxing, and the Wuxing Shen family can be called one of the top gate valves in the Southern Dynasties, and it is a big family called Gu Zhang Zhulu after Wang Xie, especially in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it is also a wealthy family in Jiangdong with the Lanling Xiao family. Don't look at the Chen family used to be the lord of Southern Chen, but Chen Baxian, the founding lord of Southern Chen, turned out to be just a son of a poor family. There were a total of five emperors in the Chen Dynasty, and if the abolished emperor was removed, then among the four emperors, two of the emperors' empresses were the daughters of the Wuxing Shen family. The empresses of Emperor Wen Chen and Empress Chen are both from the Wuxing Shen family. Wuxing Shen family, with tens of thousands of clans with the same surname, has huge power, and is one of the real top wealthy families in Jiangdong. Southern Chen perished, and the Chen family suffered a fatal blow and fell to the bottom of the mud, but a big family like the Shen family, although it was impacted, its position in Jiangdong was still extremely strong. Ling Yun remembered that in the anti-Sui frenzy at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the three major forces in Jiangnan, Du Fuwei, Chen Ling, and Shen Faxing. This Shen Faxing is from Wu Xing's Shen family.
In the great rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River in the first ten years of the emperor's reign, there were two rebel heroes, Shen Xuan in Suzhou and Shen Xiaoche in Wenzhou, which were also branches of the Wuguang Shen clan.
"At that time, Chen Yin was a kabuki because Chen Xiong's mother was a kabuki, and he was not admitted to the palace, so he was placed by the Shen family, the maiden family of Empress Shen." This sentence has been said very clearly. Chen Xiong is just a marionette, he is a young man in his twenties, although he is the son of the abolished prince of the Chen Dynasty, he is only an illegitimate child, he has no name and no share, and he is not even qualified to let the Sui Dynasty take him to Guanlong. Such a person, how could Gao Qianxue look up and pull up as an ally. Now it is clear that the object of Gao Qianxue's cooperation is actually the Wuxing Shen family behind Chen Xiong. However, a big valve like Wu Xing Shen always likes to turn around and around when doing things, and likes to make clouds, mountains and fogs, he wants to take advantage of it, but he doesn't want to get into trouble. Therefore, this Chen Xiong was pushed to the front, and they raised the line in the back.
Chen Xiong has nothing to cooperate with, it can be regarded as a chicken rib. But the Wuxing Shen clan is different, they want people, money, and prestige, and they are the emperor of the soil in the local area. Moreover, these Jiangdong heroes have been in the local area for many years, and they have already woven a dense network. Its power is not to be underestimated. It is also unrealistic to say that they can bring down the Sui Dynasty by uniting them. After all, a rebellion as big as ten years after the opening of the emperor was put down in an instant. But Gao Qianxue was afraid and didn't expect to overthrow the Sui Dynasty at all, they just wanted revenge and sabotage.
It's just that Ling Yun is a little puzzled that a wealthy lord like the Wuxing Shen clan is the best at wait-and-see. Now the Great Sui is like the sun, and Yang Guang, the king of Jin, has been in Jiangnan for many years, and he has already won over the people of the Jiangnan Shi clan. Shen Shi will not be unable to see clearly, why should they come into contact with Gao Qianxue and cooperate with them?
"In fact, we have cooperated with the Shen family for a long time, not only with the Wuxing Shen family, but even with many Jiangdong wealthy families." Gao Qianxue's words are not shocking, and they are endless.
"How is this possible? What can they do with us? ”
"Smuggling!" Gao Qianxue gently spit out two words.
Gao Qianxue is the princess of Northern Qi, but she is just a princess of the dead country, and Northern Qi died twenty years ago. However, as the former overlord of the East, Gao Qianxue has many supporters, including former officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty, as well as the original Kanto Gaomen, and even the Hu people outside the Guan. At that time, Gao Mingyue's father, Gao Baoning, sat in Longcheng outside Guanwai and persisted until the third year of the emperor's reign, the most important of which was the support of the Khitan, the Yan and even Goguryeo. It is precisely because of this relationship that although the Gao Qianxue sisters are only members of the clan of the dead country, they still control a large force over the years, relying on the support of some powerful people in the Kanto region, as well as the support of the Hu people outside the Guandong. They secretly maintained secret contacts with the Hu people and many wealthy families in the Kanto region, so they had a smuggling channel and a smuggling network, and there were channels for purchasing and shipping. Smuggling war horses, furs, and medicinal herbs from outside the customs to the inside of the customs, and then smuggling weapons, armor, ironware, and tea from the customs to the outside of the customs. With the smuggled money, the operation of this secret force is maintained.
And this kind of smuggling is actually very profitable. And because they have a good relationship with the Hu people, it is much safer and more convenient than many merchants in the Central Plains to smuggle on their own. In addition to occupying more land, many gate valve families actually operate a large number of shops, and smuggling is also an important source of their wealth.
Jiangdong is rich in silk, porcelain and other things, and it is also coastal, so smuggling Liaodong by sea is a huge profit.
However, at the beginning of this year, Yang Jian, the lord of Sui, issued an order to Jiangdong to strictly prohibit local private ships from going to sea, and violators were severely punished. This is a sanction for Jiangdong smuggling, and this will violates the interests of many wealthy families in Jiangdong, including the Wuxing Shen family. This is also the reason why Gao Qianxue can join forces with the Shen family now, maybe the Shen family does not really want to create a rebellion against the Great Sui, but they definitely want to use the smuggling channels of the Gao family to continue to maintain the smuggling business, and even want to take this opportunity to increase their smuggling share.
"Beware that the Shen family just wants to take advantage of us."
"Exploiting and being used has always been like this, and the so-called cooperation is just mutual use. If there is no value of utilization, then there is no way to talk about cooperation, Yi Lang, do you say yes? ”
Ling Yun couldn't help but marvel at Qianxue's acuity, if this woman was born in the next life, she would definitely be an elite in a shopping mall, and it would not be a problem to preside over a large group. Through the surface to the essence, she not only has the sensibility of a woman, but also has the rationality that many women do not have.
"By the way, that bastard doesn't really have much to talk about. Do you know who Xiao Shilue is who saved Chen Xiong and them? Qianxue pulled down the yarn on the power and covered her face. Although the red sun in the early morning is beautiful, for an albino patient, the sun is always scorching, and even the sunlight that is not strong can make them unbearable.
"Could it be the Lanling Xiao Clan?"
Lanling Xiao family, a famous family in China, the top gate valve. From the period of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, the minister of the Han Dynasty Prince Taifu Xiao Wangzhi began to rise, and from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Western Jin Dynasty in the middle of more than 200 years, to the end of the Western Jin Dynasty when the south moved, because of the size of the family, the Sima family placed the Xiao family in the south of the Yangtze River, known as the "Southern Lanling" in history, still commensurate with the Lanling Xiao family, for the Southern Dynasty "four overseas Chinese hope", unspeakably expensive. Since the end of the Jin Dynasty, this family has become bigger and bigger, and according to the history that Ling Yun knows, the Lanling Xiao family will become stronger and stronger in the future, and it will be the top gate valve in the world, a thousand-year-old family.
During the Southern Dynasties, they were the royal families of the Southern Qi and Southern Liang, and even during the entire Southern Dynasties, the Xiao family produced more than 30 prime ministers. And now in the Sui Dynasty, when today's son personally asked for his second son Yang Guang to marry the Xiao family as a concubine, it can be seen that he is noble. Although during the Hou Jing Rebellion, the Xiao clan was greatly impacted, but after the establishment of the Southern Chen, the Xiao clan still maintained the small court of the Later Liang in Jiangling, although it was finally annexed by the Sui, but because the Later Liang took the initiative to surrender, it was treated well.
Therefore, Ling Yun thought about it, it was unlikely that this Xiao Shiluo would be a person from the Xiao clan in Lanling. Although the Xiao clan took Lanling as their county, in fact, the Xiao clan had already moved to the south of the Yangtze River, and after the fall of the Southern Liang, most of them fled to the Jiangling area in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. After the Sui and Later Liang, these Xiao clansmen also moved to Daxing City, Jingshi.
"Do you know Xiao Maha?"
"Of course I do." Ling Yun immediately replied, Xiao Maha's name is a household name in the Jiangdong region, this guy is the Jiangdong God of War, the first fierce general in Jiangnan, it is difficult to know it. Moreover, Xiao Maha is indeed the Lanling Xiao family.
Xiao Maha's father is the county of Shixing in Southern Liang, so he can be regarded as the son of an official eunuch and has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Since the age of nineteen, he has been fighting with his uncle, and he is single-handedly invincible. Later, Xiao Maha joined the command of Chen Baxian, the Taizu of Nanchen, and became the general of Nanchen. About twenty-five years ago, Chen's army went on a northern expedition against the Northern Qi to recover the Huainan region north of the Yangtze River. At that time, the Northern Qi was the most powerful of the three kingdoms of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and their forwards were all eight feet long, with excellent capabilities, and there was also a Western Regions Hu sharpshooter, Chen Jun was afraid. Wu Mingzhu, the commander of the Chen army at that time, said that if he could kill this Hu man from the Western Regions, then the enemy army would lose morale. He asked Xiao Maha, can you kill this Yan Liang in relation to Zhang's name? Wu Mingzhu personally gave Xiao Maha a drink, Xiao Maha finished drinking, and rushed into the enemy formation single-handedly, the Hu man marksman came out of the battle, and before he could pull the bow away, Xiao Maha had already rushed to the front and threw him to death with a milling bolt. At this time, those Northern Qi strong troops besieged it, and Xiao Maha fought all the heroes, all of them were killed, and the Northern Qi army was defeated.
At that time, Xiao Maha's name was famous all over the world, and he was known as the reincarnation of Guan Gong, the first fierce general in the world. It's a pity that when Sui Ping Nanchen was later, he turned against the enemy and surrendered without a fight. However, this peerless fierce general descended to Sui, but it was not without reason. The reason is that he fought for the country on the front line, but the queen Chen Shubao took this opportunity to do it for Mrs. Xiao, who entered the palace to meet the queen concubine. came and went, the two also hooked up and became a traitor, Xiao Maha wore a green hat on his head, and was humiliated by this, how could Xiao Maha be willing. If you want Xiao Maha to be a fierce general, that is the founding father who followed the uncle and grandfather of the queen of Nanchen, Chen Baxian, the founding emperor of Nanchen, and made great contributions to the five emperors of Nanchen.
However, after the Sui Dynasty, the fierce general's life was not easy, although he was awarded the post of Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, but he has been idle in Beijing, this year the Han King came out of the domain, only to be named a hussar general by the Sui Emperor, and Yang Liangzhen merged with the state. But at this time, Xiao Maha was sixty-six years old and old. "What does this Xiao Shiluo have to do with Xiao Maha?"
Gao Qianxue said with a smile: "Xiao Shiliu is the second son of Xiao Maha, and it is rumored that Xiao Shiliu was actually born to Chen Shubao and Mrs. Xiao. ”
Damn, there is also gossip in this Sui Dynasty, and it is so exciting. Chen Xiong is the illegitimate son of Chen Shubao's son, if this Xiao Shiluo is Chen Shubao's illegitimate son, he is still Chen Xiong's uncle. This is really my own person.
"Regardless of whether Xiao Shiliu is Chen Shubao's illegitimate son or not, he is now nominally the son of Xiao Maha, and Xiao Maha's surrender to Sui has been nine years, and now he is still under the command of King Han. Why did Xiao Shiluo make a move, and is there any fraud in this? This inexplicably complicated relationship made Ling Yun a little unsure of what to say. But he still thinks this thing is a little weird, although Xiao Maha is not very good in the Sui Dynasty, but he is also a general, and his son Xiao Shiluo has no reason to help them in turn.
"I heard that Xiao Maha has always disliked this son, and his brother Xiao Shilian is said to not like this brother either. Otherwise, why do you think Xiao Shiluo would stay in Jiangnan?" Gao Qianxue said, "Aside from whether Xiao Shiliu is Chen Shubao's son or not, how do you think we should deal with this Xiao Shiluo who suddenly appeared?" ”
Xiao Maha's daughter was once the crown princess of Chen Shubao's son, the deposed prince Chen Yin, and his wife later had an affair with Chen Shubao, and the son may have been born of Chen Shubao's fornication with his wife. This situation is really complicated, Chen Shubao had an affair with his daughter-in-law's mother, that is, he messed with his mother-in-law. And if Xiao Shiluo is Chen Shubao's son, then should he be called Chen Yin's brother-in-law, or brother, should he be called Xiao's sister or sister-in-law?
"Be careful." Ling Yun shook his head and said.
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